Sunderland "reality" show preplanned before Abby's misadventure

[LouieFisk]

(Info derived from linked article)
Sunderland "reality" show was preplanned before Abby's misadventure:

Adventures in Sunderland (Reality TV Show) Distribution Rights: Magnetic Entertainment Exec Producer: Magnetic Entertainment

"A family oriented Adventure show, based on the Sunderland Family of Thousand Oaks, CA. We follow the family in their day-to-day lives as shipbuilder Laurence Sunderland and mother/teacher Marianne try to balance work and family."

http://www.magneticent.com/html/projects.htm

"Magnetic Entertainment" is the sponsor of the ill-fated voyage. (pdf list of sponsors)

http://abbysunderland.com/images/sponsors/abby_sponsorship.pdf

[LouieFisk]

Link to article:
http://www.pr-inside.com/is-abby-sunderland-just-another-reality-r1945647.htm

[ClearCase_guy]

"We did it for a show."

[Lockbar]

Can't we trade these “parents” to the Taliban for something useful, like a couple of camels?

[org.whodat]

Balloon Boy, balloon Boy, Where’s my fifteen seconds of fame. Damn trash!!!

[Crim]

So much for this not being a publicity stunt...

[Man50D]

Maybe the Sunderlands can team up with the family who claimed their young sun was in the runaway balloon over Colorado.

[spectre]

So much for this not being a publicity stunt...

Maybe it REALLY was? Maybe we were set up and they never intended for her to complete the voyage? Maybe it ended the way they planned?

[Mr. Mojo]

"We follow the family in their day-to-day lives as shipbuilder Laurence Sunderland and mother/teacher Marianne try to balance work and family."

Makes World Cup soccer sound exciting by comparison.

[LouieFisk]

Forgot to mention another shocker - the girl is writing a book. And the family wants donations to get the boat back.
T.O. teen sailor is planning to write a book about her voyage

[org.whodat]

"We follow the family in their day-to-day lives as BROKE shipbuilder Laurence Sunderland and mother/teacher Marianne try to balance work and family."

[Crim]

Oh I have no doubt she was trying to make it....but this wasnt simply a girl looking to make her own mark in the world...it’s a whole family seeking fame and fortune...I guess they thought it was worth the *cough* “risk”

Libtards.

[org.whodat]

There is low class and then there is no class. What a bunch of free loaders.

[GatorGirl]

interesting

[toldyou]

Thanks for the thread..first time I heard of it. I’m not surprised though!

Article regarding brother Zac from last July..

“I don’t know if he’s set to be on the Wheaties box yet,” his mother, Marianne Sunderland, said Friday in acknowledging that the family has an agent looking to sign her son to commercials and endorsements.”
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_12909391?nclick_check=1

[Mr Ramsbotham]

So much for this not being a publicity stunt...

Yeah, but if she had discovered a new continent we'd all be singing a different tune.

[Cementjungle]

We now return you to the regular diet of inspiration; Paris Hilton, Lindsey Lohan, etc.

[Crim]

“Yeah, but if she had discovered a new continent we’d all be singing a different tune.”

LMAO!!!

And if we’d known this this morning many of us wouldnt have had to suffer thorugh this other thread...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2533254/posts?page=266

Abby IS a litmus test....for suckers...

To the epic fail of many...

[spectre]

Betcha it's not reported there are many teens who have asked their parents if they could sail around the world solo...And their loving parents said "no"..

And I'm tired of hearing our teenagers put down because they aren't out there doing something 'life threatening'...good grief.

[Mr. Mojo]

lol...that “litmus test” threadmeister should probably be pinged.